Personally I would wait and see if you are going to need one, and if so, how much expressing you will be doing. There is a big difference between expressing every now and then to keep a stock of EBM in the freezer and needing to express every feed for a premmie. Until you know the situation you don't know which pump will be best. Many mums buy a pump before the baby is born (I did way back then) and then find that they don't need it, or it doesn't meet their needs because their situation is different to planned. Most of the time a pump isn't necessary and getting breastfeeding established before buying one makes things easier. As others have said, there are pumps available in hossy and you can hire or buy one very quickly if one is needed for some reason.
I have an "Avent isis" I loved it soooooo much.
Keeping in mind I bought mine back in 1998 and the design has changed a little, but basicly they are the same basic design with less parts now.
Mine has been lent out to so many friends and they have all loved it.
So comfortable and if any part of it breaks those parts are replacable. You just ring Avent and tell them which bit is needing replacement, pay by credit card and out comes the new bit a few days later. Magic
I bought it originaly for piece of mind, so I could leave ds with Mum and go out for a few hours and not stress about not being back in time for a feed. Worked a treat.
I forgot to add earlier that I also had feeding issues with ds (too much too quick) so I was able to drain off some to start with easily and effectivly with pump.
I also had issues with BF dd with not having enough milk so I used it to increase supply. Which sort of worked. I did end up usin a suply line from Nursing Mothers I think they are called Breastfeeding association now, but I'm not 100% on their new name.
Last edited by fromscratch; May 10th, 2011 at 09:06 PM.
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